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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 13, 2012Sanborn County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2012, 9:38 PM CDT for Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2012, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
58.0 mph

County Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1191 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

259 
WUUS53 KFSD 140238
SVRFSD
SDC111-140315-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0145.120614T0238Z-120614T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
938 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE
  HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOONSOCKET...OR 22 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORESTBURG AROUND 945 PM CDT...
  ARTESIAN AROUND 1005 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4404 9785 4386 9790 4401 9831 4410 9827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 283DEG 23KT 4402 9819
WIND...HAIL <58MPH 1.50IN

$$

CHAPMAN
1 follow-up statement
712 
WWUS53 KFSD 140300
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1000 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

SDC111-140310-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-120614T0315Z/
SANBORN SD-
1000 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SANBORN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4404 9785 4386 9790 4401 9831 4410 9827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 283DEG 23KT 4399 9800

$$

CHAPMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule47 min
Jun 13, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle37 min
Jun 13, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix40 min
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix35 min
Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix29 min
Jun 13, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas45 min
Jun 13, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Douglas48 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.